Maresca hails Chelsea star as the ‘best in the world’ in his position after beating Spurs | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca hailed Moises Caicedo as the best defensive midfielder in the world along with Man City’s Rodri after Chelsea beat London rivals Tottenham.

Joao Pedro scored the only goal of the game as the Blues beat Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Caicedo played a starring role in the victory and afterwards, Maresca said: “Moi, I think he’s showing how good he is. He’s top, I said many times, the best thing from Moi for sure, we judge him inside the pitch, but he’s so humble, he’s such a good guy, he’s always there to help everyone.

“And I just said to the television that for me, him and Rodri, in this moment they are the two best defensive midfielders in the world.”

Maresca was also pleased for Joao Pedro to get back on the scoresheet having struggled with his fitness lately.

“Joao has never been a problem,” Maresca said.

“The problem with Joao is that he’s not training every day, because he has problems. He has some problems that we are trying to manage. So it’s normal that then the consequence is that you cannot be 100% and fit every game.

“But I’m not worried about Joao, because Joao is a good player, he’s going to score goals. Even when he didn’t score, he had some good games. For instance, against Liverpool, I think he was also very good.

“Now we have Liam [Delap] back, that also can help us as a striker. So we have already a different option, that is a good thing for us, because since we started we are without Cole [Palmer], we have been two months without Liam. So we need offensive players.”